Safeway To Stop Selling Ground Beef That Contains "Pink Slime"

It’s been a bad year for “lean finely textured beef,” better known by the less-tasty moniker “pink slime.” The ammonia-treated beef trimmings that have been used as ground beef filler for decades is quickly becoming a pariah at U.S. grocery stores like Safeway, which has announced it will no longer sell the stuff.

The slime is apparently perfectly safe to eat but opponents say it is a deceptive way for ground beef sellers to pad out the pounds in their packages.

Following the backlash against the filler, the nation’s second-largest grocery chain issued the following statement:

Publix, HEB, Whole Foods and Costco have said they don’t sell ground beef that contains pink slime. The USDA says it will disclose to school districts which beef suppliers use the filler and allow school administrators to decide what to purchase.